Beginning 12/15 Prairie Land Pagan Radio will be broadcasting at Spreaker.Com which is also a part of IHeart Radio which alot of you in the midwest know IHeart for being the home of WHO Radio in Des Moines, IA.

If PLPR is chosen to broadcast on IHeart, this show will be heard not only on the net but on local radio stations here in Iowa and the midwest!!! PLPR is going to be more than just a radio program but an actual radio station!!!

Iowa City is alive in the spiritual and metaphysical world as the 1st annual Metaphysical Expo took place at the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Iowa City.

There were a variety of vendors who come from various backgrounds in spiritual health to physical and mental health to paranormal investigations. The expo also consisted of public speakers who covered various topics for folks who wanted to learn more about what is happening around them.

Illusions Healing Center from Cedar Rapids was on site and talking with visitors about the variety of holistic services they offer, in talking with the owner, she is really hoping that a similar center can be established in Iowa City so more people can have access to similar holistic services in eastern Iowa. Jenn Luna Wolf was making her presence known by representing Prairie Earth Society and Eastern Iowa Pagan Pride, and at mid day the coordinator of the expo had stated there were approximately 250 visitors who had attended the expo which I would call a total win for the area and for this being a first annual event. She had also stated that plans for next year are already in the works and they plan to use two buildings for more vendors and more class area space for public speakers.

I am very happy to see my home state of Iowa coming alive in the spiritual realms and to see groups coming together and working together to make things bigger and better for people wanting to learn more and explore their own spirituality.

My hats off to Cat SInclair as she did a wonderful job at putting together this expo.

This year marked not only another great event in Des Moines IA with Pagan Pride which took place on September 28th in Union Park where we had to contend with wind and rain through out most of the day, but all of our vendors stuck it out and stayed with us! We had a good number of folks from the surrounding area who visited our festival and got to watch the Brotherhood of Steel perform some of their battles and we all got a kick out of the herald for the group who was very comical hisself. Overall this was a great day and I look forward to the future plan of a 3 day campout for Pagan Pride in the upcoming years.

Two weeks later, October 12th marked the first annual Pagan Pride in Cedar Rapids, IA which took place at Ellis Park in Cedar Rapids. I must say that I was very impressed with Jenn Luna Wolf for organizing this event in just a few short months and have it be a successful and warm day for everyone involved. There were some workshops, a native american flutist played for us, several vendors including one who was vending for the very first time as a pottery maker. Jules Pottery also provided some clay for kids to create their own projects and after talking with the owner, she too is a fellow SCA'er and a part of the Brotherhood of Steel so I look forward to seeing her again at future events.

I was also present to take care of media and be one of the spokespersons and DJ for the event. I am very proud to be able to serve my community in providing my services to any Pagan Pride event anywhere in Iowa, so I strongly encourage other areas to also start planning a local Pagan Pride event for your nearby areas.

Iowa has a great pagan community and with more people coming out to take part in festivals, it speaks loudly that there are alot more pagans all over Iowa and want to show their pride and support so I say to them, form groups, coffee cauldrons, hold open rituals or sabbats to let others around you know that you are there for them!!

We will be at Union Park along NE 14th St between University and East Euclid Ave from 8 AM to 6 PM

There will be a opening ritual, a mid day ritual and a closing ritual along with live music, belly dancers, puppeteers for the kids, readers, lots of vendors, good food, good fun, dancing, instructional classes, guest speakers and more!!!

Come on out and join us to show your support for Pagan Pride in Central Iowa and be sure to stop by the radio tent and say HI!!

Lindsay and I talked with Dayna Jean Wolter from Minneapolis who is the lead singer for The Pirates Of Dreamtime and the founder of The Idisi which is a women's choir group who will be performing at Twin Cities Pagan Pride Day Sept 7th.

Dayna is a very well accomplished singer who has a passion for music, bringing unity and peace to all pagans and she has experience with Sonic healing music/sound therapy which is an entirely fresh approach to restoring and maintaining optimum health. All life, along with the universe that sustains it, is a manifestation of vibratory energy.

Shauna is from Chicago IL and is a spiritual seeker, a mystic, a shamanic ecstatic priestess, a servant of spiritual community, a writer, artist, designer, and event planner. My calling is to offer spiritual work that transforms consciousness and awakens imagination. she is a artist, writer, graphic designer, event planner, problem solver, visionary, and mystic. I'm also creative, passionate, driven, and a mystic.

she dreams of huge, impossible projects, and then work to bring them into being.

Discussion with Melanie Marquis who is one of the members of the planning committee for Denver Pagan Pride which is coming up shortly.

Melanie talked about what she is doing to make Denver PPD a success and what they plan to do for the future as well

She is also a well known writter/author of some books that can be found on Llewellyn worldwide.

Look for these book titles A Witch's Bag Of Tricks and A Witch's World Of Magick once it is released in 2014

Second Hour

Lindsay and I talked about the recent outbreak of groups that have popped up on Facebook targeting pagans and witches with hate speech and threats of violence by some individuals in Africa.

These groups have since been removed by Facebook after several hundred pagans and witches filed complaints with Facebook to have these groups taken down even though Facebook claims it did not violate their policies but yet pictures of women breastfeeding get removed alomost immediately? I truly believe there is a failure within Facebook to realize what is and what is not hate speech that is followed by credible threats of violence against people.

Carl is the founder /creator of PentOClock News in Salem OR where he broadcasts a TV news show featured on 2 local public broadcasting stations in Salem to help educate the community to who pagans are and show people we are jsut like everyone else.

Look for PentOClock News on YouTube and you will see for yourselves this is a great show to watch.

Second Hour - Interview with Katt Mc.Connell from Wax Chaotic

It was exactly one month ago today that I had originally spoken with katt and her husband who made up the band Wax Chaotic after making contact with them on FaceBook. Katt has created some very energetical music which will resonate with pagan and folk music lovers. You can find their music all over the web at the following places:

www.waxchaotic.com

www.reverbnation.com/waxchaotic

www.facebook.com/waxchotic

If you are in or around the Indianapolis area be sure to look for them at local events and surrounding areas.